GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 29 March 1926, Page 9

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

17 Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, IMalx-’h 25. The Jervis Bay, on route to Australia carried a painting of Captain Cook’s Endeavour before sailing from Wliicby harbour on the voyage of discovery in the •Pacific. It shows Captain Cook, n.shore in the lorogrouncl. It has been' purchased for tile National Library, Canberra. “TONIC, March 25. Two bombing machines col.ided in mid-air, while exercising" over the Tsachiura naval flying ground. .A subaltern and petty officer were killed, a sailor was seriously injured, and another escaped uninjured. Both planes were wrecked NEW YORK, March 25. A combination of office and apartment buildings, 80 storeys high, linked by elevated traffic causeways, and landing bases for aeroplanes, is“ the aim of a new corporation to solve the traffic problem.

It is proposed to spend an initial 50,000,000 dol.ars on grand central skyscrapers, Jinked over the streets. LONDON, March -25. The Madrid correspondent of the “Times” states that tlic Government is organising a flight to Mnnila. LONDON, March 25. After Mr Larkin’s return front Egypt, a hitch occurred in tbs negotiations to sell the Egyptian Government two D and two E class Commonwealth ships, apparently owing to th e competition of sellers of second hand ships. Negotiations have been broken up.

'l’OlylO, March 25. The Upper House passed a Mill granting gratuities to berpayed families of Japanese killed in 'I 'the Nikolaievsk massacre cf 1920.,/The Government is issuing a. State loan, of approximately 1,000,000 yen for this' purpose. DUBLIN, March 25. The jury for the third time disagreed in the case, wherein Patrick Conway is charged with murdering a constable. OTTAWA, March 25. After an all-night sitting of the Toronto Legislature, an amendment moved by Mr Bi'ackin to the Mudget, favouring the sale of liquor in Ontario under a .system of State control, was defeated by 84 to 10. LONDON, March 25.

Speaking at the Canada Club, Lord Mledisloc announced that he accepted the Government's invitation to become chairman of the Imperial Settlors’ Training Committee on the understanding that the scheme applied to land settlement at Home as well as overseas. He advocated a round table conference to delimjt the spheres of British and Dominion agricultural producers. Ho expressed the opinion that the future of the Empire depended on the c'osest entente between Colonel Amcry’s Department and his.